Rule 7.1 Disclosure Statement
TITLE III. PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS
Rule Text
(a) WHO MUST FILE; CONTENTS. A nongovernmental corporate party or a nongovernmental corporation that seeks to intervene must file a disclosure statement that:
(1) identifies any parent corporation and any publicly held corporation owning 10% or more of its stock; or
(2) states that there is no such corporation.
(b) TIME TO FILE; SUPPLEMENTAL FILING. A party, intervenor, or proposed intervenor must:
(1) file the disclosure with its first appearance, pleading, petition, motion, response, or other request addressed to the court; and
(2) promptly file a supplemental statement if any required information changes.
(c) COLLECTION AND SUBROGATION CASE PROCEDURES. A plaintiff need not file a statement in a case filed pursuant to Rule 40-III(a) unless the defendant files a responsive pleading or otherwise appears to contest the allegations contained in the complaint. In a case in which such a pleading is filed or a defendant appears, the statement must be filed promptly.